Farm-gate.



No. 726,396. PATENTED APR. 28, 1903.- A. B. BLYHOLDER.

FARM GATE.

l APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1901.

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No. 726,396. PATENTED APR. 28, 1903. A. B. BLYHOLDER.

FARM GATE.

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No. 726,396. PATENTED APR.'28, 1903. A. B. BLYHOLDER.

FARM GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1, 1901.

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FARMNGATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 726,396, dated April28, 1'903.

Application filed .Tune l, 1901. Serial No. 62.708. (No model.)

To @ZZ when@ t may concern:

Be it known that I, AMos B. BLYHoLDnn, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Raymore, in the county of Cass and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Improvementin Farm-Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to farm-gates; and-my invention consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter described,and pointed ont in the claim.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation ofan open gate constructed in accordance with my invention, showing theoperating-levers proportionately close to the gate-post and the parts 18and 18 being broken. Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view ot" the gate inopen position, showing the operating-levers proportionately close to thegate-post, the outer end of the gate being broken away. Fig. 3 is a planview of the gate in closed position, showing the operating-leversproportionately close to the gatepost and the parts 1S and 18 beingbroken. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail plan view of the gate-latch, thepost and the end of the gate being in section.

16 is the gate-post, which is provided with hinges 15 for supporting thegate. The gatepost 16 is connected by sills 18' and braces 1S withthetwo lever-supporting posts 17 and 17. Two intermediate posts 19 and19 are provided with latch-plates 2O for engaging the gate-latch, asdescribed hereinafter.

In the drawings the lever-supporting posts are shown as rather near tothe gate-post 16; but in practice the said posts must be at suchdistances from the gate-post that a driver may operate either of theclosing-levers when hisvehicle has passed the open gate far enough topermit the gate to be closed.

Secured to the top bar o f the gate is an arm 21, which extends beyondtheinner end of the gate, as most clearly shown in Fig. 1. On or nearthe end of the arni 21 is rotatably mounted a circular crank-plate 22.An upright crank-plate 27 is mounted on one side of the gate and isconnected to crank-plate 22 by a wire 26. 29 is a latch-lever pivotallysecured to the gate at 30. This lever is connected to crank-plate 27 bya wire 31. To the middle latch-post 34 is secured a latch-holdercomprising a pair of dogs 33, pivoted for Vertical movement. A verticalrod 35 is secured to the end of the gate and is adapted to be heldbetween the dogs 33 when the latter are at rest. The middle portion ofthe latch-lever 29 extends across the end of the gate below the dogs 33,and when the gate is closed (the rod 35 being then between the dogs 33)and the latch-lever 29 is raised it lifts the dogs 33 out of the path ofthe rod 35 and permits the gate to be swung in either direction. Whenthe gate is nearly closed, the latch-lever 29 will push up one of thedogs 33, owing to the shape of the latter, and when it has passed thedog the dog will fail, so that the gate will be held closed by the dogsengaging rod 35 until the latch-lever is raised.

I disclaim any novelty for and in the construction of theabove-described latch.

At the top of post 17 are fulcrumed an opening-lever 2 and aclosing-lever 1, said closing-lever being above said opening-lever. Atthe top of the other similar post 17 are fulcrumed an opening-lever 3and a closinglever 4. Levers 1 and 2 are connected by' wires or cables 7and 6, respectively, to a point on the aforesaid crank -plate 22 bymeans of a staple or clevis 9, which is connected to the crank-plate bya bolt 25. Pivoted on this bolt 25 also is another clevis or staple 12,to which are connected two wires 10 and 13, connected to levers 3 and 4,respectively. A wire 3 connects lever 4 to lever 2, and a wire 5connects lever 3 to lever 1, as shown.

The operation of the gate is as follows: Suppose a person to be drivingtoward the closed gate from the left, 2 being the opening-lever. It ispushed ahead-t1 e., to the right-and this opens the gate ahead bypulling on wire 6 and crank-plate 22. After passing the gate the drivergrasps the closing-1ever 4 and pulls it in the direction in which he isgoing, which pulls wire 13 and crankplate 22, and thereby closes thegate. The pulls on the wires G, 7, 10, and 13 are transmitted to thegate through the spindle of crank-plate 22. The operation and action ofthe levers by a person going in the opposite direction would be the sameas that described, the action of lever 3 being the same as that of lever2 and that of lever 1 being the same IOO as that of lever 4. Whenevereither opening-lever is pulled, the resulting movement of crank-plate 22will pull Wire 26, turn crank-plate 27, and raise the latch-lever 29,thereby unlatching the gate from post 34.

It will be evident that the opening and closing levers are very easy tooperate, as they are always moved in the direction in which the driveris going.

It is immaterial whether the handles of the opening or the closinglevers be the longer.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination, with an end-hin ged gate, of an arrn secured to the topof the gate, said arm extending beyond the hinged end of the gate, acircular plate pivoted centrally upon said arm near the outer endthereof, a latch and a crank-plate on the gate, a connection between thelatch and the crank-plate, a connection between said crank-plate andsaid circular plate, two lever-supportin g posts, arranged in oppositedirections from the gateposts, an opening-lever and a closing-leverfulcrumed upon each of said posts, a cable connecting the opening-leverat the right of the gate to the closing-lever at the left of the gate, acable connecting the opening-lever at the left of the gate to theclosing-lever at the right of the gate, a pair of clevises connected toa point on said circular plate, two cables connecting one of saidclevises to an adjacent opening-lever and closing-lever respectively,and two cables connecting the other clevis to the other two leversrespectively, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

AMOS B. BLYHOLDER.

Vitnesses:

M. L. LANGE, K. M. IMBODEN.

